Rachel Foster
It took me a little while to get into this book but I persevered and ended up enjoying it.
It took me a little while to get into this book but I persevered and ended up enjoying it.
Once We Were Sisters
This was my first book by Ann Bennett and I will definitely read more of her books. She knows how to draw you in to the story, to make you feel like you are right there with the characters.
This story has a dual storyline, we meet Jeanne in 1972 who wants to learn about her mother Elise’s past, but most of it is set during the war in the 1940s with Elise and her two very good friends Myriam and Salome.
The Bonnand family and the Goldman family spent a lot of time together when Elise, Myriam and Salome were growing up, so much so that they felt like sisters. Life as they know it comes to an end with the Germans arriving in France. As Elise’s father throws his support behind the Germans and what they are doing, Elise knows she can’t stay living at home as she doesn’t agree with what he’s doing. Elise ends up doing and experiencing things she never would have dreamed of.
Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and Ann Bennett for the eARC of this book which I received for free.
This was my first book by Ann Bennett and I will definitely read more of her books. She knows how to draw you in to the story, to make you feel like you are right there with the characters.
This story has a dual storyline, we meet Jeanne in 1972 who wants to learn about her mother Elise’s past, but most of it is set during the war in the 1940s with Elise and her two very good friends Myriam and Salome.
The Bonnand family and the Goldman family spent a lot of time together when Elise, Myriam and Salome were growing up, so much so that they felt like sisters. Life as they know it comes to an end with the Germans arriving in France. As Elise’s father throws his support behind the Germans and what they are doing, Elise knows she can’t stay living at home as she doesn’t agree with what he’s doing. Elise ends up doing and experiencing things she never would have dreamed of.
Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and Ann Bennett for the eARC of this book which I received for free.